1. join or attach boards together with rabbets; be joined or connected by rabbets. groove or notch in a timber into which another timber is inserted (for joining timbers without using nails or screws). rabbet\rab"bet\, n. [see: rabbet, v., and cf. rebate, n.]. 2. (carp.) a longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate. 3. same as rabbet joint, below.rabbet joint (carp.), a joint formed by fitting together rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet.rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet.rabbet \rab"bet\ (răb"b&ebreve;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. rabbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. rabbeting.] [f. raboter to plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + of. abouter, aboter. see: abut, and cf. rebut.]. 4. to cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet. 5. to unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.rabbet a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rebate] v. 6. join with a rabbet joint. 7. cut a rabbet in something. 8. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet. 9. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.10. A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.11. Same as Rabbet joint, below. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together cut a rectangualr groove into join with a rabbet joint.
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